lines
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general appearance or outline
a car with fine lines
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a plan of procedure or construction
built on traditional lines
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the spoken words of a theatrical presentation
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the words of a particular role
he forgot his lines
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informal a marriage certificate
marriage lines
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luck, fate, or fortune (esp in the phrase hard lines )
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rows of tents, buildings, temporary stabling, etc, in a military camp
transport lines
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a defensive position, row of trenches, or other fortification
we broke through the enemy lines
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a school punishment of writing the same sentence or phrase out a specified number of times
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the phrases or sentences so written out
a hundred lines
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to understand or find an implicit meaning in addition to the obvious one
Example Sentences
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“We have these inactive lines still available because there is a reasonable chance we’re going to use them in the future,” Shinjini Menon, Edison’s senior vice president of system planning and engineering, said then.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Midtown felt like a party, even as the Secret Service closed off chunks of 7th and 8th avenue and warned of aggravating security lines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
It said the fault caused a brief surge of electricity on its four live transmission lines in Eaton Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
It’s like watching stage actors rehearse the same lines they recite every night.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
It’s just a few lines, but there’s so much information to consider.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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